Lomatium stebbinsii

Lomatium stebbinsii
Conservation status
Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Lomatium
Species:	L. stebbinsii
Binomial name
Lomatium stebbinsii Schlessmann & Constance

Lomatium stebbinsii, known by the common name Stebbins' desertparsley, is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family.

Distribution

The plant is endemic to the central−western Sierra Nevada in California. It is known only from the slopes near the border of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties, within the Stanislaus National Forest.

It is a plant of chaparral and lower montane coniferous forest habitats.

Description

Lomatium stebbinsii is a perennial herb growing no more than about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) tall from a rounded tuber. There is generally no stem, the leaves and inflorescence emerging at ground level. The sparse leaves are shiny green and hairless. Each has leaf blades divided into linear leaflets.

The inflorescence is a small umbel of yellow flowers.

Conservation

The California Native Plant Society lists the plant as a critically endangered species.

External links

• Calflora Database: Lomatium stebbinsii (Stebbins' desertparsley, Stebbins's lomatium)
• Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Lomatium stebbinsii
• USDA Plants Profile for Lomatium stebbinsii (Stebbins' desertparsley)
• UC Photos gallery — Lomatium stebbinsii